Napier’s logarithms

Autor:	Ian Bruce
Rok vydání:	2000
Předmět:	Set (abstract data type) Physics Algebra Logarithm Differential equation Arithmetic progression General Physics and Astronomy Development (differential geometry) Kinematics Geometric progression
Zdroj:	American Journal of Physics. 68:148-154
ISSN:	1943-2909 0002-9505
DOI:	10.1119/1.19387
Popis:	The development of Napier’s logarithms is traced from their beginnings in the construction of tables of numbers in geometric progression. These numbers are found using a kinematic model. The equivalent of a first-order differential equation arises. This is integrated numerically to give another set of corresponding numbers (logarithms) in arithmetic progression. The two sets of numbers are presented as a calculating device in the form of tables.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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